still, though, boeing is standing by their product. the chief engineer got on a conference call with members of the media, saying he still believes despite these issues that the jet is 100% safe to flori fly. he flies it and categorizes these problems as growing pains for any new jet. we'll see what the faa has to say later on today. >> uncomfortable growing pains for boeing right now. thank you very much. >>> all right. 46 minutes past the hour. these pictures look like something the mars rover would send back, right? take a look at that. that is down under. a huge red wall of dust towered over the coast of western australia meteorologists say a storm picked up tremendous amounts of sand dust and dust just passed over the land. a cyclone several hundred miles away has been stirring up severe weather in that area. that looks menacing, doesn't it? >> a lot of weather issues down there. >>> closer to home, from 12 inches to rain, to 12 inches of snow, a lot of weather around the country. alexandra steele has more. >> two sides of the coi